The Arema Sentinel
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Joel says Arema went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Arema
Lucas Frigeri was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Hansamu Yama falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Valdeci gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Valdeci is on it.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The manager makes Pablo Oliveira a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Arema. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Market26 Oct 2026
The Dedik Setiawan talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Arema know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout Dwiki Mardiyanto asks for a word with the manager
- Market Arema put Andrian Casvari up for sale
- Squad Rafael Struick has settled at Arema
- Squad The training reports on Hendro Pratama are not good